822 Results with the "Fiction" genre


    • Part IV — Buttered Side Down Cover
      by LovelyMay Part IV begins in a small Midwestern town just as Ivy Keller returns from finishing school, filled with polished manners and romantic daydreams shaped by poetry and novels. Her days stretch long and uneventful until she notices Rudie Schlachweiler, the town's celebrated pitcher. With his square jaw and local fame, Rudie quickly becomes more than a passing interest. Ivy, once indifferent to baseball, finds herself at every game, learning the rhythms of the sport just to watch him pitch. Her admiration…
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      by LovelyMay Part III introduces readers to a cramped corner of downtown where worn floorboards creak under the steps of overworked shopgirls and silent managers. In this crowded loft shoe department, Sophy Epstein, dressed in a clinging black gown with more audacity than refinement, catches the eye—and judgment—of her colleagues. Her outfit isn’t chosen from vanity but from necessity mixed with bold defiance. The dress, too shiny and too snug, challenges both her poverty and the dull grayness of her routine. For…
    • Part II — Buttered Side Down Cover
      by LovelyMay Part II begins with a man stepping off the train, not in shame, but with a heavy past tucked under his coat and a name that carries weight in a town that hasn’t forgotten. Ted Terrill, once a young man with prospects, returns home bearing the scars of failure, though none visible to the eye. His time in prison had been softened by progressive ideals—no bars, no chains, just a uniformed routine of baseball and discipline. He does not carry the look of the broken, but inside, shame still coils tightly.…
    • Part I — Buttered Side Down Cover
      by LovelyMay Part I opens not with polished grandeur or dramatic skyline scenes but with a sly detour from literary convention, settling instead into a worn corner of Chicago life. The setting is rooted in the Nottingham curtain district, where hand-washed linens hang limp, and "Rooms With or Without Board" signs dominate the stoops. In this smoky stretch of working-class tenements lives Gertie, a department store clerk whose days are spent on sore feet and whose nights are occupied by a beauty regimen that owes more…
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      PANIC FEARS

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      by LovelyMay Panic Fears begins with a deeply atmospheric account that unsettles the senses and stirs the imagination. On a warm and silent July night, the narrator travels down a lonely country road to fetch the evening's newspapers. The world feels hushed, suspended in a strange kind of stillness, when suddenly he spots a flickering light on the village belfry—a light that defies explanation. There is no practical reason for it to be lit, no recent events that would account for it. His mind races to rationalize…
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      by LovelyMay "On Official Duty" begins with a quiet yet telling moment: a constable with a kind smile assures the examining magistrate that everything has followed procedure. His smile, modest and tired, speaks of a desire to be seen as dutiful, as someone who has done his part with care. When the sledge departs through a familiar landscape of snow-laden roads and dim forest outlines, a strange heaviness settles over the magistrate and the accompanying doctor. Although the snowstorm has passed, the silence now carries…
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      Nightfall

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      by testsuphomeAdmin The chapter opens with a vivid depiction of the tense atmosphere on the eve of battle, as Princess Elena Galathynius observes the enemy’s army gathering on the Black Mountains. The pounding of bone drums and the flickering fires create a stark contrast between the enemy’s formidable presence and Elena’s own forces, which are comparatively diminished. Despite her strategic awareness and the prayers she offers, she recognizes the grim reality that her side faces imminent destruction. Her thoughts are…
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      by LovelyMay "Nature's Violet Children" begins in a sunlit clearing where spring had awakened a bed of violets hidden beneath layers of winter's snow. These flowers, delicate and full of quiet beauty, stretched toward the golden warmth, rejoicing in the freedom of their hilltop home. Their lives were simple yet complete, filled with the sound of breezes and the company of forest whispers. One morning, the serenity was interrupted by the footsteps of a young girl named Ruth. Her eyes lit up at the sight of the vibrant…
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      My Books and I

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      by LovelyMay My Books and I begins with a quiet, familiar warmth, like stepping into a room where trusted friends await. The narrator speaks of books not as objects, but as living companions—each one ready to meet him wherever he stands emotionally. Some days require a light laugh, and Bill Nye is pulled from the shelf, his wit a welcome reprieve. On others, Stevenson is the voice of thought, offering reflections that move slower, deeper. The beauty lies in the choice; the right book always seems to present itself.…
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      MISERY

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      by LovelyMay Misery settles over Iona Potapov like the snowflakes drifting down on his motionless sledge. He sits hunched and silent, draped in white, waiting on the side of a road already passed by hundreds who never once look his way. The city’s energy contrasts sharply with Iona’s stillness, highlighting the emotional distance he feels from those around him. Though life goes on, it feels irrelevant to him now. Time stretches painfully slow. His son has died recently, and every breath he takes seems heavier in…
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